March 28th Stormy Day Recap

Yesterday, March 28th we had a weather day that provided just about everything, except a water spout.  Although at times it looked close.  The day started with gusts to 30+ by 7:30am, 40+ by 9:00am and peaked at 53mph at 10:40am.  The house was shaking.  I have put together a few videos of yesterday.  One of the most interesting was when the cold front passed in the afternoon.  We had steady south winds as you can see by the flag and then there was a rapid about face Northerly wind that came with heavy rain and snow mix.  At the end of this video you can actually see snow accumulating on the enclosure glass.

Here is the Doppler radar video from this event....

Here is about a 2.5 minute recap going from cam to cam.  There was a LOT going on....

Here is a 3 camera panorama time lapse of the same period.  I like this perspective because you can see how the clouds interact.

But wait....  There's more....

Around 6:45pm the sky got very dark, the wind picked up and the white caps were solid toward Bush Point.... Click on the images....

 

And moments later we had this spectacular sunset...

But wait....  There's still more....  Under the full moon, a massive anvil cloud passed by.  At the end of this video you will see a flash.

Cam 3 picked up the lightning that caused the flash on the Night Cam....  What a weather day....

Large Structure Fire in Freeland, Whidbey Island

Sadly, around 1:00am this morning a fire started in a two story structure on Whidbey Island.  Fortunately nobody was home and nobody was injured.  It eventually spread to 2 - 120 gallon propane tanks that were venting.  The resulting flames were spectacular.  My cam picked it up.  KOMO also picked it up.  

Here is a zoomed in image at the height of the flames.  It looked like a nuclear detonation...

A time lapse also shows the intensity...

KOMO picked up my video and added more detail:

KOMO Article On Whidbey Fire